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Steel from the Sky: The Jedburgh Raiders, France 1944

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#327342-XD18
Titel	Steel from the Sky: The Jedburgh Raiders, France 1944
Auteur	Ford, Roger
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Cassell
Jaar van uitgave	2007
ISBN10	0304367079
ISBN13	9780304367078
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with b/w photographs, maps, 8vo.
Samenvatting	By the early summer of 1942 preparations for the invasion of France were already well under way. The three major allies had begun to place agents in occupied territory. Plans were also being drawn up to create a force to assist the Resistance groups by parachuting specially selected soldiers into France. It was decided to create three-man teams, with one American or British officer, one French officer and a radio operator. The Jedburgh teams, as they had become known, went on to undertake a total of ninety-three missions in France, in the most difficult circumstances. Teams were constantly on the move; there were frequent tensions and misunderstandings; all-important communications with London were difficult; there were shortages of weapons and ammunition, and even the most basic of comf... (Lees verder)orts were missing. Yet the Jedburghs were able to score notable victories, usually against the steepest of odds, and amazingly, all but fourteen of them lived to tell the tale.
Pagina's	292
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 8,00

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